Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).
Valinhos is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo. According to the IBGE estimate, its population in 2024 was 131,277 inhabitants. The municipality is strategically located in the Metropolitan Region of Campinas.
Known as the Capital of the Fig Purple, Valinhos is today also remembered for its large production of guava. The city is considered the best city in Brazil in the Social Indicators category, according to a survey carried out by the consultancy Austin Rating for the 2nd edition of the Melhores Cidades do Brasil 2022 Yearbook of Revista Isto É. The indices assessed were Quality of Life, Education, Health, Housing, Social Responsibility, Youth Care and Human Development. In 2015, in the first version of the survey, the city had ranked 38th.
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